Open AccessThe Rise and Fall of the Islamic Empire and the Threat to the West
Author(s) -
Nergis Mazid
Publication year - 2003
Publication title -
american journal of islam and society
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2690-3741
pISSN - 2690-3733
DOI - 10.35632/ajis.v20i3-4.1848
Subject(s) - islam , empire , battle , sectarianism , history of islam , politics , islamic fundamentalism , history , prosperity , law , orientalism , political science , communism , adversary , fall of man , ancient history , archaeology , statistics , mathematics
Historians and literary critics looking for examples of modern literatureusing classic Orientalist discourse will find The Rise and Fall of theIslamic Empire and the Threat to the West a useful tool. Anthony J. Dennispresents 1,400 years of history, interprets the Qur'an and the Shari'ah,scrutinizes Sunni and Shi'a sectarianism, psychoanalyzes Muslims, commentson the status of women, discusses international political and nationalmovements, and gives diplomatic and military contingency plans for civiliansand policymakers to stem the "Islamic threat" to the West in 157pages (including notes). His second edition forward begins with a polite"I-told-you-so" claiming that 9/11 occurred because Americans were notas vigilant as he told them to be in his first edition (1996), that it was the"first chapter in what promises to be a long battle" (forward) betweenIslam and the West.According to the author, the fall of communism ended the cold warsystem of checks and balances and allowed rogue Islamic states to flourish.Iran, being one of the oldest rogue states and an established enemy ofthe United States, took the USSR's place in stimulating and directing revolutions.Given that Muslims are religiously directed to hate all nonMuslimsand western prosperity is a reminder of their shortcomings,Muslims are jealous and eager to embrace the new revolution ...